Argentina's former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner speaks outside the Partido Justicialista (Justicialista Party) national building, as Argentina’s Supreme Court is expected to uphold a guilty verdict sentencing Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in prison for defrauding the state and banning her from public office,in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 9, 2025. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a guilty verdict that sentenced powerful two-term former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in prison for defrauding the state and banned her from public office.
Kirchner, 72, a polarizing figure and leftist who served as president from 2007 to 2015, was convicted by a trial court in 2022 for a fraud scheme that steered public road work projects in the Patagonia to a close ally while she was president.
